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There is an elderly couple who drive by in a red car. The woman yells at the man to keep driving. A [...]	D
In the Snakerama scene, there is an Old West wagon with the sign "Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator Med [...]	D
Some of the scenes were later reused as stock footage in an episode of the television series, L'incr [...]	D
Steven Spielberg had considered Jean-Louis Trintignant for the David Mann part. He also wanted him f [...]	D
The driver's door on the truck is wide open when it plummets over the cliff. Stunt driver Carey Loft [...]	D
At the time of filming, the Federal Highway Administration had just introduced the all yellow center [...]	D
When Dennis Weaver pulls into the Snakarama/gas station, a red wagon can be seen in the background t [...]	D
Since filming only took about twelve days, it remains Steven Spielberg's personal benchmark for how [...]	D
Chevrolet station wagon at around 1:03 has manufacturer plates. (68 V MFG 015).	D
This was one of Dennis Weaver's first film roles after he left the television series, Gunsmoke (1955 [...]	D
The phone number Dennis Weaver dials to call his wife at the gas station is not the standard "555" m [...]	D
The license plates seen on the truck's front bumper: (right side) Wyoming 2(pic)471, '71; Nevada 208 [...]	D
Steven Spielberg says that many European film critics found abstract concepts in the film, such as c [...]	D
Dustin Hoffman was considered for David Mann.	D
Spielberg praised how the truck was handled in an exceptionally safe manner by 50 year old stunt dri [...]	D
When first screened in Europe, the TV movie received a theatrical release.	D
The added opening scene where you are looking at a dark screen and you hear a car start, as it turns [...]	D
The scene where the truck nearly kills David Mann by crashing into the phone booth while he was spea [...]	D
Dennis Weaver was so fond of the film that he watched it twice a year.	D
Steven Spielberg stated that he approached this movie in the manner of a "Toho" monster movie, repla [...]	D
Steven Spielberg was already a fan of writer Richard Matheson before he made this movie (due to Math [...]	D
David Janssen turned down the lead.	D
The sequence from the gas station in Acton to Chuck's Cafe takes 10:35 minutes for 10 miles, resulti [...]	D
In the early driving scenes when David Mann has entered the desert he listens to a prank call to the [...]	D
While many only first learned of Spielberg's name later after "Jaws" and "Close Encounters of the Th [...]	D
When the truck enters the gate during the climax of the film, it actually hits the camera: in the la [...]	D
This is one of the few Steven Spielberg films where John Williams did not do the score. The others b [...]	D
Steven Spielberg can be seen reflected in the telephone booth during the scene where David Mann is c [...]	D
"Chuck's Cafe" still exists today (as of 2021). A French restaurant occupies the original structure [...]	D
David Mann's car was a 1970 red Plymouth Valiant with California license plate 149 PCE.	D
During editing of the final scene when the truck plunges off the cliff, Spielberg immediately noted [...]	D
The dinosaur roar sound effect heard as the truck goes over the cliff is originally from Prigionieri [...]	D
There are many motifs throughout the movie relating to machismo, most of them ironic given David's m [...]	D
According to Richard Matheson, he was inspired to write the original short story "Duel" after an enc [...]	D
In 1971, Steven Spielberg's secretary suggested the story to him after reading it in Playboy magazin [...]	D
Although Steven Spielberg wanted Dennis Weaver from the beginning, Weaver actually wasn't signed unt [...]	D
ABC network executives found the ending unsatisfying. After viewing the finished film, the network i [...]	D
The license plates on the front of the truck are for each state that the truck drives in, kind of a [...]	D
According to Steven Spielberg, when he was making "Duel" and directing other television shows, he vi [...]	D
As the truck pulls into the gas station, there are 2 sets of audio for different releases of the mov [...]	D
A "made-for-TV" movie.	D
David Mann and Mrs. Mann are the only characters in the movie with names.	D
Billy Goldenberg had just a week to provide the score.	D
Network executives wanted the truck to explode after it went over the cliff. However, Steven Spielbe [...]	D
The truck driver is never seen driving the truck, except briefly through his side window during an e [...]	D
David Mann looks in the rear view mirror 65 times and over his shoulder 54 times.	D
Actor Dennis Weaver does most of his own driving in the film. However, at director Steven Spielberg' [...]	D
When writer Richard Matheson got the idea for DUEL after being hassled by a truck in real life, he w [...]	D
The license plate of David Mann's Plymouth Valiant in Duel, 149 PCE, is the same as the cop car in t [...]	D
With its original runtime of 74 minutes, the TV movie was not long enough to be released in theaters [...]	D
Steven Spielberg wanted Dennis Weaver for the role of David Mann after seeing his performance in the [...]	D
During the chase, a parked sedan resembling a squad car is seen, briefly raising Dennis Weaver's hop [...]	D
Lucille Benson (Lady at Snakerama Gas Station) also appears as a gas station attendant in Steven Spi [...]	D
All of it was shot on location.	D
Richard Matheson's story was originally published in Playboy. This would be Matheson's last short st [...]	D
Spielberg included the sound of synthesized dinosaur roar to enhance the ambient sounds of the truck [...]	D
Although the film's producers had suggested that the tanker truck should have exploded in a huge bal [...]	D
It was Dennis Weaver's role in "L'infernale Quinlan (1958)" that convinced Steven Spielberg that he [...]	D
When Carey Loftin, playing the truck driver, asked Steven Spielberg what his motivation was for torm [...]	D
While filming the shot where the truck drives off the cliff, a piece of machinery designed to keep t [...]	D
Universal shut down the production of Uno sceriffo a New York (1970) to allow Dennis Weaver to take [...]	D
When Universal Pictures decided to shoot additional scenes in order to increase the runtime and rele [...]	D
The Valiant used in the film was actually 3 different cars. For the television release there was a 1 [...]	D
The studio wanted Steven Spielberg to use rear projection for the scenes on the open road but Spielb [...]	D
The Chuck's Cafe scene contains a signature Steven Spielberg technique which he borrowed from direct [...]	D
Steven Spielberg said that the multiple license plates on the front bumper of the truck suggested th [...]	D
Parker Brothers merchandised the film with a board game. It didn't sell well, and examples have beco [...]	D
Instead of storyboarding, Steven Spielberg and his team made a huge aerial perspective map of the ro [...]	D
At the film's climax, an unnatural monstrous, animal-like roar can be heard as the truck crashes ove [...]	D
Gregory Peck was considered briefly to play the lead before it was decided to make it a TV-movie.	D
Steven Spielberg said he related to the idea of the truck bullying the driver because it was similar [...]	D
Steven Spielberg wanted David Mann's car to be red so it would stand out in the wide shots of the de [...]	D
The truck going over the cliff was done in one take. It had to be because they couldn't afford other [...]	D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed Duel. This film received two "recommends" and one "not recommend".	D
Steven Spielberg was shown seven different semi-trucks to choose from; he chose a Peterbilt because [...]	D
Richard Matheson initially considered having David Mann's wife with him in the car, to beef up the o [...]	D
After airing on U.S. TV, Steven Spielberg expanded it into a feature; this was the version released [...]	D
In May 1970 the FCC issued a Regulation effectively prohibiting on-air radio "prank" telephone calls [...]	D

Connessioni

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Agenzia Rockford: The Dark and Bloody Ground	D
Radio Killer	D
No Way Up - Non avrai via di scampo	D
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments: Part II: 75-51	D
Traffic	D
Kauhun millimetrit	D
De Kijk van Koolhoven: Water en boten	D
Skeletons	D
Magica, magica Emi: Suteki powerful driver	D
The Seventies: Television Gets Real	D
Epic Rap Battles of History: Steven Spielberg vs. Alfred Hitchcock	D
El Rato Muerto: Tanacompras Vol. 3	D
Fair Game	D
Animaniacs: Variety Speak/Three Tenors and You're Out/Bingo	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About 1941	D
MacGyver: The Negotiator	D
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Secret of the Ghost Rig	D
The hitcher II - Ti stavo aspettando	D
Monster Man	D
Il fuggitivo della missione impossibile	D
1,001 Movies You Must See (Before You Die)	D
The King of Queens: Mama Cast	D
La macchina nera	D
Interceptor	D
James & Mike Mondays: Burnout 3: Takedown (Playstation 2)	D
At the Movies: Special Show: The Magic of Spielberg	D
Fire Down Below - L'inferno sepolto	D
Breakdown - La trappola	D
Power - Potere	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Duel	D
Jaws: From the Set	D
2009 Golden Globe Awards	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Omega Man	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Bedknobs and Broomsticks	D
Bob's Burgers: Christmas in the Car	D
The Nostalgia Critic: The Wicker Man	D
Cinemassacre Video: Samurai Cop (1991)	D
Lo squalo	D
It's Murder!	D
Rosemary's Baby - Nastro rosso a New York	D
Richard Matheson: The Writing of 'Duel'	D
Animaniaci: Hindenburg Cola/Roadent Trip/Flotus, Flotus. What Do You Know About Us?	D
La corsa piÃ¹ pazza del mondo 2	D
Autostop rosso sangue	D
A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'The Color Purple'	D
Amber Alert	D
Paul	D
Come ti rovino le vacanze	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Dirty Harry	D
Steven Spielberg and the Small Screen	D
The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws'	D
Diminishing Returns: Diminishing Returns Live!	D
Joel King: Man with a Camera	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Jaws	D
Transformers Prime: Nemesis Prime	D
Ricordati di te	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Close Encounters	D
Video Buck: Las traducciones mÃ¡s mierdosas vol. 4	D
Psyco	D
The Hitcher - La lunga strada della paura	D
Il segno della giustizia	D
L'amore non va in vacanza	D
WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies Where the Hero and Villain Never Meet	D
The Hitcher - La lunga strada della paura	D
Arrivano i Johnson	D
Citizen Steve	D
Svengoolie: Duel	D
Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Show No. 502	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Jaws 3D	D
Cinemassacre's Top 10 Car Chases	D
Troldspejlet: Episode #32.11	D
WatchMojo: Top 10 Greatest Chase Movies of All Time	D
Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo	D
Lupin III: La pietra della saggezza	D
Gmaz	D
Cane randagio	D
The Dream	D
Why Horror?	D
EdiciÃ³n Especial Coleccionista: Especial redoblajes	D
Red Dwarf: Only the Good...	D
The Universal Story	D
Jeepers Creepers - Il canto del diavolo	D
Spielberg on Spielberg	D
Torque - Circuiti di fuoco	D
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy	D
Deuce Bigalow - Puttano in saldo	D
Tiny Toons: Galleria di mostri	D
Matrix	D
After the Sunset	D
DUEL Mad Driver	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About SpiderMan TV Show 70s	D
Minimum Overdrive	D
Hard Car - Desiderio sfrenato del piacere	D
Cinemassacre Video: DUEL (1971) It's Steven Spielberg's "Jaws", but with a Truck	D
Cult: You're Next	D
1941 - Allarme a Hollywood	D
Rage	D
The Making of '1941'	D
De Kijk van Koolhoven: Water en boten	D
I predatori dell'arca perduta	D
Disco Polo	D
L'incredibile Hulk: Never Give a Trucker an Even Break	D
The Making of '1941'	D
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Daddy-O	D
Seto no hanayome: Duel	D
WatchMojo: The Best Thriller Movies of All Time from A to Z	D
WatchMojo: Top 20 Greatest Steven Spielberg Movies	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Duel	D
Orgoglio e passione	D
Ritorno al futuro - Parte II	D
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood	D
The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws'	D
Deux flics sur les docks: Amours mortes	D
The Cinema Snob: Satan's School for Girls	D
The Ring	D
Blacktop	D
Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel	D
Interactive Film Quiz	D
Indiana Jones e l'ultima crociata	D
Spielberg	D
Home Bound	D

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Errori

As we see the cars speed, we also see the odometer, which varies between 4600 and 5100 and back agai [...]	D
When David Mann first sees the Truck, it has smoke coming out of the top but when he passes it, ther [...]	D
When Mann arrives at the train crossing, he has clearly stopped his car directly in front of the gat [...]	D
In the cafe as Chuck stares at the truckers on the stools, the shadow of the boom operator and boom [...]	D
During the first chase, Mann looks in the rear-view mirror and the Truck is right behind him as it b [...]	D
The original 74 minute version was filmed with a Peterbilt 281 (tag axle) that was re-powered with a [...]	D
In the chase scene leading to Chuck's Cafe, a camera mounted on the right rear side of the car can b [...]	D
In the wide shot overlooking the truck at the gas station, a camera shadow can be seen on the truck' [...]	D
The streaks on the back of David Mann's car change in size and number for no apparent reason.	D
Many times when David Mann looks into his rear-view mirror, a crew member can be seen ducking in the [...]	D
After Mann leaps from the car and the car crashes head-on into the truck, the truck pushes the car b [...]	D
In the last scene where the truck is about to go over the cliff, the driver has feet on both the clu [...]	D
During the final chase, there are several shots where it appears that Dave Mann has bloody upper tee [...]	D
At one point, David Mann mentions to another character in the film that during his attempts to escap [...]	D
When the car gets pushed on the tracks, the camera crew is reflected in the car's hub cap. Also, som [...]	D
David's sunglasses appear and disappear several times during the movie. He wears them while driving, [...]	D
When Mann's car starts acting up you can see someone (Spielberg himself per various sources) in the [...]	D
Inside the cafe, just as the cook says "Oh? Looked like a big complication to me", you see a table w [...]	D
When the Valiant is slowing as it's overheating, we see several shots of the car's speedometer drop [...]	D
A camera shadow can be seen around the edges when Mann is in the bathroom washing his face.	D
The glass of water at Chuck's Cafe is half full after being completely gulped.	D
When Mann first enters the service station in Acton, his car is covered in shadow, indicating the su [...]	D
As David Mann is walking towards his seat in Chuck's Cafe after his visit to the rest room, the shad [...]	D
The weather changes from clear and sunny to dark clouds and back to clear and sunny towards the end [...]	D
At about 23 minutes in something can be seen attached to the right rear side of David Mann's car. Po [...]	D
Reflected in the phone booth, and in the table at Chuck's Cafe (it's Steven Spielberg).	D
When Mann careens into the lot across from Chuck's Cafe, we are seen an interior shot of the car, wi [...]	D
At the crossing, the truck is pushing the car towards the train. Immediately after the train barely [...]	D
Throughout the film, there are numerous inconsistencies in surrounding terrain and landscapes during [...]	D
When the Valiant overheats, most shots of the speedometer needle falling show that the transmission [...]	D
At just over an hour into the movie, when David Mann gets out of his car to confront the trucker, he [...]	D
When David confronts the man whom he believes to be the truck driver in the cafÃ©, the driver's be [...]	D
The truck's license plates disappear altogether in some scenes.	D
Toward the end, Mann has smashed his car into the mountain and sustained considerable front-end dama [...]	D
The diesel locomotives pulling the Southern Pacific freight trains are too modern to be equipped wit [...]	D
When the passing train wakes up Mann, the back left door of his car is slightly opened and the windo [...]	D
When Mann is at the first gas station, the Plymouth lettering on the hood is made up of individually [...]	D
The pool balls change positions and become more numerous after David Mann is thrown onto it at Chuck [...]	D
When Mann pulls up to the railroad crossing, the pavement is asphalt with white stripes painted at t [...]	D
Dust on the hood from off-road scenes is not visible in subsequent frontal shots of the driver, indi [...]	D
Early in the movie, the truck rams the car and breaks the tail light. After David is startled by the [...]	D
Entire film crew visible in a display case reflection during the "snake station" sequence, just befo [...]	D
As David's car overheats due to a blown radiator hose we see an increasing amount of smoke/steam com [...]	D
When David chases the truck out of Chuck's Cafe on foot, he has a stain on his shirt. When he then w [...]	D
When the camera is coming up to Mann at his table at Chuck's Cafe, it's shadow can be seen on the ba [...]	D
It's 10 miles from the gas station in Acton to Chuck's Cafe. During this sequence the odometer chang [...]	D
As the truck goes over the cliff in slow motion, the drivers door is already open before it reaches, [...]	D
In an early scene, when David Mann stops to get gas, he makes a phone call to his wife. His glasses [...]	D
During the scene at the railway crossing, in one shot the lettering on the freight cars appears in m [...]	D
When Mann approaches the phone booth at the "Snakerama" he says "Odd place for a telephone booth," a [...]	D
When David Mann first passes the truck, we get a view of the landscape and roadside objects as he pa [...]	D
When David returns from the restroom at Chuck's, he sees the truck out front, it's front wheels are [...]	D
Throughout most of the film, a photo of [presumably] Mann's family can be seen clipped onto the wide [...]	D
The opening (3:20) and closing credits clearly show MCMXLXXII (1972) as the year the film was releas [...]	D
(at around 5 mins) There is a shot from the passenger seat showing Mann driving. A man in a green or [...]	D
In different shots of the windshield of the Valiant, an inspection sticker is evident. This would su [...]	D
During the train crossing scene where the psycho trucker attempts to force the Mann's car into the m [...]	D
After crashing into the fence, David Mann closes his car door as he prepares to go into Chuck's Cafe [...]	D
Towards the end of the movie, there is a shot of the driving column. Behind David's shoulder looking [...]	D
When David is trying to push the bus with his car, a shot of a bumper has a few crew members reflect [...]	D
When David tells the operator what phone booth he is calling from, the number that is heard spoken d [...]	D
Shadow of the camera visible on the left side of the screen as it zooms in on David after he takes h [...]	D
The same green Chevrolet Caprice station wagon with wood paneling is seen at least three times durin [...]	D
During one of the first chases, Mann's seatbelt disappears and reappears between shots.	D
David Mann is wearing corrective glasses in much of the movie. However, when sitting at a table of C [...]	D

Frase

David Mann: Do you have a men's room? Cafe Owner: [...]	D
David Mann: Where's the summit? Please... please.. [...]	D
David Mann: Come on you miserable fat-head, get th [...]	D
David Mann: You can't beat me on the grade. You ca [...]	D
David Mann: Great. I'm never goona make it to that [...]	D
Cafe Owner: [as David Mann exits cafe restroom and [...]	D
Old Man: [after David Mann's car crashes into a fe [...]	D
David Mann: That truck driver's crazy, he's been t [...]	D
David Mann: Don't... don't... don't sit on the hoo [...]	D
David Mann: Well it's about time, Charlie!	D
David Mann: Fill it with Ethel. Gas Station Atten [...]	D
David Mann: [while talking on phone] No, that's *t [...]	D
David Mann: I gave you the road, why don't you tak [...]	D
David Mann: [Valiant hidden from passing trucker - [...]	D
Gas Station Attendant: Looks like you could use a [...]	D
Old Woman in Car: JEE-IMMM!	D
David Mann: There you are, right back in the jungl [...]	D
David Mann: I'd like to report a truck driver who' [...]	D
Radio Interviewer: [discussing an amateur talent c [...]	D
Lady at Snakerama: [after the truck smashes the ca [...]	D
David Mann: Come on, car! COME ON, LET'S GO!	D
David Mann: [after the truck smashes the phone boo [...]	D
David Mann: [When the truck lets him pass it] It's [...]	D
David Mann: [Mann sarcastically imitating wife's v [...]	D
[first lines] [radio playing, driving down the ro [...]	D
David Mann: [David Mann mistakenly thinks that the [...]	D
David Mann: How can he go so fast?	D
Lady at Snakerama: [after the truck begins destroy [...]	D
Lady at Snakerama: [to David Mann] Take a look at [...]	D

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